BBC NewsApr 16, 8:20 AM

India to decide women's quota bill as row over parliamentary seats intensifies

Southern Indian leaders urge mass mobilisation over concerns about redrawing electoral boundaries.

ABC NewsApr 16, 11:33 AM

Modi is pushing to get more women into India's Parliament. That could have other consequences

India’s Parliament has opened debate on a landmark bill to reserve one-third of seats for women, a reform that could also trigger a sweeping redrawing of electoral boundaries and heighten political tensions

Al JazeeraApr 16, 12:38 PM

India plans more seats for women in parliament, links it to ‘delimitation’

BJP links implementation of law reserving 33 percent of seats for women to redrawing of parliamentary constituencies.

ABC NewsApr 17, 3:26 PM

India Parliament blocks Modi’s bid to redraw voting boundaries alongside seat quota for women

India's lower house of Parliament has failed to pass a bill to implement reservation of a third of seats for women lawmakers

The GuardianApr 17, 5:28 PM

India fails to pass bill to boost women’s representation after delimitation row

Opposition accuses Narendra Modi government of using quotas as cover for redrawing electoral map The Indian government has failed to pass a bill to increase female representation in parliament after being accused of using the plan as a guise to redraw the country’s electoral map. It was the first time in 12 years in power that a constitutional amendment proposed by Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) government was not passed by parliament. Continue reading...

BBC NewsApr 16, 8:20 AM

India to decide women's quota bill as row over parliamentary seats intensifies

Southern Indian leaders urge mass mobilisation over concerns about redrawing electoral boundaries.

ABC NewsApr 16, 11:33 AM

Modi is pushing to get more women into India's Parliament. That could have other consequences

India’s Parliament has opened debate on a landmark bill to reserve one-third of seats for women, a reform that could also trigger a sweeping redrawing of electoral boundaries and heighten political tensions

Al JazeeraApr 16, 12:38 PM

India plans more seats for women in parliament, links it to ‘delimitation’

BJP links implementation of law reserving 33 percent of seats for women to redrawing of parliamentary constituencies.

ABC NewsApr 17, 3:26 PM

India Parliament blocks Modi’s bid to redraw voting boundaries alongside seat quota for women

India's lower house of Parliament has failed to pass a bill to implement reservation of a third of seats for women lawmakers

The GuardianApr 17, 5:28 PM

India fails to pass bill to boost women’s representation after delimitation row

Opposition accuses Narendra Modi government of using quotas as cover for redrawing electoral map The Indian government has failed to pass a bill to increase female representation in parliament after being accused of using the plan as a guise to redraw the country’s electoral map. It was the first time in 12 years in power that a constitutional amendment proposed by Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) government was not passed by parliament. Continue reading...